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- Through the Veil: Lessons Learned from a Near-Death Experience
A long time ago, I was fortunate enough to be one of the few people on this planet to experience a near-death encounter. My NDE came from one of the most difficult life lessons my soul could have chosen. My heart was shattered into a million pieces, and I was on the verge of giving up completely. One night, as I tried to release the pain and trauma of a failed marriage through tears and screams, I found myself dying. I thought I had fallen asleep and was merely dreaming, but after spending three days in the hospital and being diagnosed with broken heart syndrome, it became clear that I had truly been on the edge of leaving this life. I’ll do my best to describe what I saw and experienced, though I know my earthly words can’t fully capture the essence of the other side. The love our Creator has for us is beyond anything we have words for. To clarify, when I speak of God, I’m referring to the traditional Christian God, as that’s how He appeared to me. However, God is all things, all beings, and all ideas—even little green men in spacesuits if that’s how you connect to the Source. He doesn’t mind how you perceive Him; He knew you long before you arrived here and understands your thoughts, beliefs, dreams, joys, sorrows, and especially your traumas and life lessons. Everything about you—the good and the not-so-good—is part of the journey that you and He planned together before you came to this "earth school." Some refer to it as your soul’s journey or divine destiny, and it truly is sacred. Every moment is uniquely designed for you. You have chosen every person, place, and experience along this path. Every lesson, every heartache, and every triumph—all of it is yours. The day I decided to face the darkness that marked the end of my marriage, I settled into a comfortable spot on the floor of my bedroom. I had everything ready—a soft bear rug, pillows, blankets, candles, incense, and my journal—all the tools for deep soul-healing. I remember listening to soulful music, soaking in a hot bath, and preparing to cry until the pain no longer overwhelmed me. My last conscious memory of that night was sitting on the rug, forcing the memories I had buried deep within to surface as I began journaling. The tears flowed naturally. What happened next is something I hope to honor, even with my imperfect human words. At some point during my crying, I must have exhausted myself and fallen into a deep sleep—at least, that’s what I thought was happening. But what I remember is seeing my ex-husband in a dark, swirling tunnel. I was telling him how sorry I was that I had to let him go, and that in this lifetime, we couldn't be together because we both had more "work to do." At the time, I believed he was what some would call my twin flame. In hypnotic visions, I’ve seen other lifetimes we shared together—there were multiple. I intuitively knew he was here once again to teach me the lessons my soul needed to evolve, and I suppose I was that for him as well. But here we were, back in "earth school," and despite our deep soul connection, this wasn’t the lifetime where we were meant to stay together. I had agreed with Source that he would be part of my story (once again), but not the one who would stay until the end. That night’s crying session was the most intense emotional experience I’d ever had. It was probably during this period that I triggered the broken heart syndrome, although I didn’t recognize it at the time. Later, medical professionals explained that my heart had slowed to a dangerously low rate, nearly reaching the point of death. As I said my final goodbye to him, he faded away, and I was enveloped in darkness. The next thing I experienced was what I can only describe as a form of hell—everything was black and red, filled with a profound sense of fear magnified a thousandfold. I saw a mix of familiar and unfamiliar faces and experiences. Even though I didn't realize I was dying, I thought to myself, "No way, if this is hell, I don’t belong here! I’ve made mistakes, but I don’t deserve this. I deserve to be in heaven with my family in love and light!" Then a voice told me, “You don’t have to stay; you have free will. You can choose to leave.” My immediate response was, “How? And quickly!” The voice replied, “Just choose not to remain in hell, and you can leave.” I was surprised at how simple it sounded, but I believed I could leave, and suddenly, I woke up from that part of the dream. I found myself still on the floor of my bedroom, with candles burning, my journal open, and tissues soaked with tears scattered around. I was back on earth, safe from the horrors I had imagined. I decided it must have been a terrible dream and moved to my bed to settle in for the night. But, as it turns out, God wasn’t finished with me yet. . As I settled into bed with my dogs and drifted back to sleep, I found myself dreaming again, but this time I was engulfed in darkness. I lost track of time, but soon I was experiencing a non-linear view of my entire life. It was like watching a movie where every person, place, and event was presented all at once, without any sense of time. I could see and understand everything simultaneously, but it was overwhelming. I remember thinking, “Forget this place. If this is where I chose to be for a life experience, my next choice is a definite no.” I had no desire to come back to this life. It wasn’t that my life was particularly hard or frightening; it was more like an emotional rollercoaster—intense, exhilarating, and relentless. It felt like we’re all on this wild ride right now. The thought of coming back was something I wanted to avoid. But then, in an instant, I experienced the next phase of my journey. The sensation of being one with everything was beyond any description. There are no words in any language that can truly capture what it felt like to be connected as “one.” When I refer to "the one," it's the best way I can describe a profound realization. After I told God I wasn’t interested in coming back, I was shown how everything and everyone is interconnected. Every action and experience affect all things, both living and non-living. The rocks, trees, people in Australia, and even the guy next door—everything is linked in this unified flow. It was awe-inspiring to witness this interconnectedness, and I heard God ask, “Do you understand now?” I responded with, “Oh wow, yes! When can I go back?” But then I wondered, did that mean I was dying? As I saw the opening to heaven, I realized that if given the choice to continue my current life or not, I would choose heaven without hesitation. The love I experienced from heaven was beyond any words I could use to describe it—Divine love is simply too vast and awe-inspiring to capture in human language. The doorway to heaven wasn’t a dramatic Hollywood-style spectacle; instead, it was a gentle parting of clouds with a radiant, pure light emanating from it, embodying the most profound and incomprehensible energy of love. In that moment of divine love, I declared, “Oh yes, I’m going there!” But then two angels appeared beside me and gently reminded me, “You can go there if you wish, but remember, you have Christien and Colten on earth who need you.” I had momentarily forgotten about my life on earth, but as soon as the angels mentioned my children by name, I was instantly back in my body. I sat up, dialed 911, dressed hastily, and walked to the waiting ambulance outside. I was taken to the hospital, where I spent the next three days sleeping, interspersed with waves of sadness and tears. During my three days in the hospital, it felt like angels were accompanying me. Every nurse who came into my room brought crystals—not to give to me, but to show that I wasn’t alone in my beliefs about energy work, breathwork, hypnosis, sound healing, reiki, and crystals. They all seemed to validate my experiences without me even asking. One nurse, who was the last I remember, noticed my tears between sleep and wakefulness and asked why I was crying so much. I shared my entire experience with her, including the end of my marriage. She then pulled out a collection of crystals from her pocket and revealed that she, too, was an energy healer. It felt like a divine confirmation that I was on the right path and that I needed to continue my work. It was a profound sign of support and guidance, and I truly believe I had guardians watching over me during that time. This experience occurred many years ago. Going through that divorce was one of the toughest challenges I've faced in my life. I deeply loved that person and, truthfully, I will always hold love for them. I believe strongly that we will meet again in another lifetime, as there's still more for us to learn and do together (though only God knows the full extent). What I can say with certainty is that our lives and experiences here are not random. Everything that happens is part of a greater plan, journey, or destiny—whatever term resonates with you. Nothing is accidental; it’s all orchestrated by you and God before you arrived on this earth. The experiences you go through are not happening to you, but for you. When I share the idea that "we chose this," some people react with shock, especially when it comes to profound suffering such as abuse, loss, illness, or accidents. I understand how distressing this notion can be, but I always return to the concept of “the one.” We create the lives we live, including the suffering and the joy. Every experience has its counterbalance—where there's darkness, there’s light of equal magnitude; where there's down, there's up; where there's negativity, there’s positivity. God encompasses all of it and loves all of it. Every moment of our lives is guided by divine hand, filled with His blessing and light. For instance, the world is marked by Pink October because of the efforts of a single woman, and there was a Black president in the White House because of Martin Luther King Jr.'s influence. Conversely, we also have examples of profound darkness in human behavior, like Ted Bundy, illustrating the complexity of our choices and experiences. God knew us all before we arrived and loves us equally, regardless of our paths or the challenges we face. Regarding hell, it's a place we create ourselves and have the free will to avoid. On earth, we can manifest and shape our life experiences, whether they are positive or challenging. We choose difficult lessons that help our souls grow. In contrast, in heaven, there's no struggle; souls simply exist in eternal bliss without the need for evolution. Souls choose to come to earth to experience the greatest, most exhilarating roller coaster imaginable. It's designed for testing, growth, and progression, much like selecting college courses. Earth is our school, where joy, sorrow, triumphs, trials, and tribulations are the subjects we study. Remember, during tests, the teacher is silent—not absent. God walks beside us, providing all the tools we need each day. As long as we walk in faith, God will reveal the purpose behind our choices and experiences, leading to goodness and abundance. All we need to do is embrace that faith. I don’t share this story to imply that I have all the answers—quite the opposite, actually. What I offer is my personal experience with near death and the lessons I’ve learned from it. One of the most challenging periods of my life was losing my husband to addiction and the subsequent end of my marriage. It was one of the most emotionally intense trials I’ve faced. In retrospect, the end of my marriage was not the cause of my struggles but rather the culmination of everything that came before it. He was a messenger, a teacher in my journey. I’m grateful for the chance to have met him again in this lifetime and for the role we played in each other’s lives. Although it took years to recover, I would not change a single moment of what that experience taught me. It significantly contributed to my growth as a healer. Now, I help others navigate through marriages, divorce, loss, and grief, guiding them to confront their own challenges and find their path. I feel honored to be a part of this work. I know that there are more lessons ahead and more work for me to do, which can be daunting. Yet, I understand it’s all part of my soul’s journey, and I embrace it all—the highs, the lows, and everything in between. I feel fortunate to have had these experiences, and without the end of my marriage, I might never have reached this place. By the Grace of God, here we are.
- Beyond Tradition: A Non-Traditional Approach to Healing for First Responders
I have skin in this game. I married a firefighter. Being an addiction and trauma specialist, it's not a stretch to say my love had both. Our marriage ended. Words don't exist for that kind of sorrow; I couldn't help him. I couldn't "reach" him. That makes me a (former) fire wife. I have lived experience with what you are going through, from the other side. My sons are in college for fire science right now, in this moment (it's Christmas Eve 2023; maybe by the time you read this, they are FF's). My Holistic Health Director is a former Memphis FF. One of the investors in my company is a FF. My point? I have skin in the game, and it scares the hell out of me that the rate of first responders committing suicide is so high. While talking to my 17-year-old sons last night about how they will handle this part of the job, even though they have support and they know better than to let trauma go untreated, they maintain that "men don't cry." "Not us, Mom, just in general." My confidence in their choices as future {traumatized} firefighters wanes. The brain does a lot of not good things under duress. Proper choices can't be made; the brain shuts down in fight, flight, or freeze. Trauma, it happens so slowly that the traumatized victim isn't even aware. Sometimes we find out too late how far "gone" we've "gone". But the people around you know. The people that love you know. Feeling like your losing your sh*t on the daily is par for the course. FYI, you're not losing anything, you have complex trauma. A pill {western medicine's idea of band-aiding the situation} won't cure complex trauma, a good clinical therapist with a solid proven program will. (sidebar Jim, I'm not that kind of Dr. This is not medical advice) Part of my commitment to the FR population is that I am always available. I built this app with YOU in mind. If you never want to tell anyone what's happening, I'm on board with that. Let's do that. But if you are brave enough to make that call and maybe even come to see us, I promise we will give you 100% of every trick in the book I know to help you get well and manage what you feel about the world—sh*t people, crap circumstances, life, death, all of it. If you haven't figured it out by now, my approach is non-traditional. That makes sense because your jobs require non-traditional ideas and models for healing. Your jobs are non-traditional, and that makes your COMPLEX trauma, well, complex. I am a clinical hypnotherapist. I specialize in complex trauma and addiction. I know your culture. I know your stories. I know what you see every day. I (we) know how to help. If you want tradition that's available on every corner, even through your EAP. Me or them, the key is to call us. We're a phone call away (833) 336-7543. Whenever you're ready. Nobody ever has to know. We're here to help. The BHealthy app is a self-guided behavioral health app. Look around, see if any of what you can find, sans a therapist, helps. Honestly though, complex PTSD requires professional help—there is no way around it; it takes a team to get through and unwire this mess from your brain. But, I get it, call when you're ready. On Trauma... Here's the skinny. An event happens that feels bad, lucky you, you're alive and now you have your first traumatic experience (probably something in childhood). Then another traumatic event happens, and another and another, ad nauseam. Trauma is as guaranteed as death and taxes. ALL humans have trauma to some degree. Firefighters have severe trauma due to the number of times it happens, ie. the number of times you experience second hand trauma because you see it so much. During a traumatic event, your body and brain do this cool thing with cortisol and adrenaline that forces you to go into survival ie. fight, flight, freeze or fawn. Stay and fight the bear or run? You are going to be the guy or woman that has to stay. That's the job you signed up for. So, you're experiencing trauma (again) your brain switches into survival mode (again), and sometimes it switches so much that you can't even recall accurately what happened (again), or anything at all (again). But it did happen, and your body stored it as a trauma. Imagine multiple times in your week (firefighters, combat veterans, police, ER staff, etc.) your body going into survival. That's not natural and eventually you reach capacity. Your brain and body says no more, we're done now... but you're not done because monday is coming and its time to go to work. Hopefully by now you see where this is headed... So what's the answer? If you are a new FR, you have to start early and keep a trauma therapist on speed dial. Honestly, I'm not sure how anyone does life without having a therapist. All people should see therapists like they see doctors and dentists because nobody is getting out of here without having some things happen to them. That's life! (in my best Frank voice). If you've been in the business awhile, it's time to do some heavy lifting in the subconscious and yes that has to happen with a therapist. THEN, keep your therapist on speed dial for the duration of your FR career. That's the math, that's the science, that's the job. Maybe I'm the first to tell you that your job, for your entire FR career, requires talking through the hard stuff. Im sorry it took so long. Maybe you've heard it a million times, so what are you waiting for? Don't do anything about what you experience in secondary trauma and you're brain will force you into some very dark places. Avoid that, for the love of all that is dear to you, avoid the dark places. The brain does what it does without your permission and this is your heads up superhero. You're human on this front, just like the rest of us. We need you, please take care of you. A note on EAP... We take your benefits and your insurance. That's a phone call to your HR to let them know you wish to use your EAP benefits through ANY program outside of your EAP. Those "free" sessions you get can go through any company, that's an insurance thing, not a company thing. Call it marriage counseling or counting blades of grass for wellness—who cares. They don't have to know; it's not their business what you're doing in therapy. They would probably jump for joy that you're doing it at all!! A Note on Suicidal Ideation (yep, we're going there!)... IF you are feeling suicidal right now in this moment, call 988 (you know the drill). If you tell me you have a plan, I (or anyone) has to report; we can't get past being mandated. But if you tell me you have ideation, that's okay, and that's between us. We just double down on our efforts, and I see you more often until we calm down the storm, and trust me, when you see the wellness center, it's insta-calm from the moment you cross my threshold (it's grandma's house, seriously). The speed in which you get through therapy is completely dependent on how bad you want to get better and your willingness to "do the work" OUTSIDE of session. It takes more than the time in my office a couple times a week to get you well. If I ask you to watch a video or read a book or count blades of grass for wellness, that's the job. We'll work together to figure out what works best for you though, so it will be enjoyable, I promise. The average time people spend with me is between 6 months to a year. Then it's just check in's quarterly, maybe twice a year (depending how well your doing self care), maybe annually, maybe you spot call me. In your work it's important we circle back. You're going to experience new trauma. We cleaned you up let's not get complex PTSD twice huh? A Note on Prevention... THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING!!! PREVENTION is the gap in all of this (my PhD brain is trained to find gaps in services). What if I told you when you first started that I could have taught you about the science of emotional well-being waaaaaaay at the beginning of your career and helped you to prevent complex PTSD? The good news is, I can still help the new folks AND it's not too late for you. Part of treatment MUST include education on the brain, how it rewires when trauma happens, treating a traumatized brain and body (rewiring the brain- yea, that's how this works), preventing new trauma, dot, dot, dot, blah, blah, blah. Treatment is a marathon, not a sprint, and believe it or not, therapy can be pretty cool (even fun!) when you start moving into the education part of why this happened and what makes you YOU. I base everything I do on the science of anything (especially complex trauma; I had it when my husband and I divorced. I know it intimately). I could go on and on... but here is where I let you digest what i've written and look around. Hopefully I "reached" you and we can get to work sooner than later. I hope this very long-winded blog post helps you lean in. We hope you get what you need to be well.. P.S. Nurses, doctors, firefighters, police, EMT's, clinicians with secondary trauma, this all applies to you too. Air~Hugs. V
- Online Counseling
Well, its not for everyone. I can tell you that from a clinical point of view I can have harder conversations when we have live interactions. That sounds weird I know, but, if I say something that doesnt feel awesome (and I inevitabley will, you're in therapy!) or that I can't pull you back from, I run the risk of losing you or hurting you (which is never the goal). I'm not a hard therapist to get a long with but let's be real. If you are interested in change, I'm your girl. If you need someone just to talk to and listen, I'm your girl. If you need some education about a mental health or recovery topic, I'm your girl. If you need space and grace while you move through the stages of change, I'm your girl. I just need you to decide which hat you want me to wear and I will hold space for whatever your needs. If Im on telehealth, and we haven't determned what that is yet, it may get awkward. Truth time: I have had peoples family members walk through rooms, naked babies walk into the frame, people cooking, I swear someone was going to the bathroom, but I digress... I meet you where you are however that looks and feels. Please don't let me see your bathing suit parts and we'll get along great! I think telehealth got real popular after COVID. THANK GOD if you ask me. We were long overdue for helping people across county lines. God willing we can move across state lines soon. Why bring geography into it? Because not all clinicians are created equal, are tenured, are seasoned, are experinced etc, ad nauseam. Sorry newbies, it's what it is. If you want to finds the skilled practitioners and you live in the hinterlands, you may have to go the telehealth route. Personally, I love the freedom in my schedule. I can have dinner cooked, dogs walked, laundry done, house cleaned, homework finished and be in bed at a decent hour by the time the day is done. Plus I can manage on demand therapy for folks in dire need. There are a lot of good reasons for us to be working on telehealth so I say for sure give it a try. If it doesn't work for you thats okay, but we have it as a flexible mechanism in the marketplace and that means success. V